Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Flensburg, Germany
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7.7 km
209 m
Explore Flensburg in Germany with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Individual Sights in FlensburgSight 1: Volkspark
The Volkspark is a park in Flensburg, above the Flensburg Fjord in the district of Fruerlund. It consists of numerous allotments, sidewalks, large stands of trees and the Flensburg Stadium. In the Volkspark there is also the Mürwiker water tower.
Sight 2: Wasserturm Flensburg-Mürwik
Mørviger Water Tower is located on the eastern ridge in the Fruerlund district of Flensburg and is one of the city's landmarks. In 1961, the water tower took over the water supply of the eastern part of the city. The new water tower, designed by architect Fritz Trautwein, was quickly named "The Flower Vase" because of its shape. For 20 years, the "Flower Vase" together with the Marine Water Tower supplied the district of Mørvig with water. In 1981, the Marine Water Tower was dismantled and later sold and converted to residential use. From March to September, the water tower in Folkeparken is open to the public. The tower's viewing platform offers panoramic views of the city and surrounding area.
Sight 3: Sankt Jürgen
The St. Jürgen Church is an Evangelical Lutheran church in the Jürgensby district of the city of Flensburg in Schleswig-Holstein. The church, in the surrounding area of which the parish hall and pastorate can also be found, is located at Jürgensgaarder Straße 1.
Sight 4: Sankt Nikolai
The St. Nikolai Church is one of the main churches of Flensburg. It directly borders on the Südermarkt and thus forms the center of the youngest of the four historic Flensburg settlement cores.
Sight 5: Lutherpark
The Lutherpark is a park named after the reformer Martin Luther, which is located in the Friesischer Berg district near Flensburg city center. On the edge of the park there is the Lutherhaus on the Südergraben, a cultural monument in the Flensburg-Altstadt. The park itself is embedded between the Südergraben and the Frisian Straße; Opposite is the Villa Besenbruch, the city's registry office, and not far from there the Flensburg town hall. The park of the park is oriented towards the south.
Sight 6: Museumsberg Flensburg
With an exhibition area of 3000 m2, the Museumsberg Flensburg is one of the largest museums in Schleswig-Holstein. It offers a comprehensive insight into the history of art and culture in the state of Schleswig from the 13th to the 20th century as well as into contemporary art. On a hill above the Stadttheater, the two museum buildings Heinrich-Sauermann-Haus and Hans-Christiansen-Haus form a unit with the Old Cemetery and the Christiansenpark in Flensburg.
Sight 7: Naturwissenschaftliches Museum Flensburg
The Natural History Museum Flensburg is a natural history museum located on the Museumsberg Flensburg on the ground floor of the Heinrich Sauermann House. The museum is a cultural institute of the city of Flensburg and, like the Museumsberg and the Maritime Museum, is one of the municipal museums. The Ice Age House is part of the Natural History Museum as a geological and paleontological display magazine. One of the main tasks is to impart knowledge about the formation and settlement of the landscape formation and settlement of the region of northern Schleswig-Holstein – southern Denmark as well as about the fauna and flora in this region, depending on natural and anthropogenic factors. Particularly noteworthy are its historically valuable collections.
Wikipedia: Naturwissenschaftliches Museum Flensburg (DE), Website
Sight 8: Museumsberg
Park Museumsberg is a park in the city of Flensburg, in the district of Friesischer Berg. It is located to the east of the Old Cemetery, the City Park and the Museum Hill, to whose complex it now belongs. The Museumsberg park area is now one of the city's green monuments. Some park sculptures are among the cultural monuments of the district. In addition, a conservation statute applies to the park.
Sight 9: Sankt Marien
The Church of St. Mary's Sorrowful Mother in Flensburg was built between 1898 and 1900 in the neo-Gothic style according to plans by the architect Heinrich Flügel. The Roman Catholic parish church is one of the cultural monuments of Flensburg's city centre.
Sight 10: Heiliggeistkirche
The Church of the Holy Spirit (German) or Helligåndskirken (Danish) is the main church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark in Flensburg. The church is located directly in the old town of Flensburg on the Große Straße in the Marienkirchspiel.
Sight 11: Idstedt-Löwe
The Isted Lion is a Danish war monument originally intended as a monument of the Danish victory over German-minded Schleswig-Holstein insurgents in the Battle of Isted (Idstedt) on 25 July 1850, during the First Schleswig War which was a civil war within the Danish Realm, although with troops from Prussia supporting the Schleswig-Holstein insurgents. At its time it was the largest battle in Scandinavian history.
Sight 12: Christiansenpark
Christiansenpark is a park in the city of Flensburg, in the district of Western Heights. It is close to the Old Cemetery, the City Park and the Museum Hill, of which it is now a part of the complex. Christiansenpark is the second largest park in the city, after Volkspark near Mürwik.
Sight 13: Eiszeithaus
The Ice Age House is the geological display magazine of the Natural History Museum Flensburg and is located in the Coach House in Christiansenpark.
Sight 14: Stadtpark
The city park in Flensburg is a green area opened in 1903 with old tree growth in the Western Höhe district.
Sight 15: Diako-Kirche
The DIAKO Church is the name given to the church of the institutional congregation of the Diakonie in Flensburg. It is located in the southeast of the grounds of the Deaconess Hospital Flensburg on Marienhölzungsweg and Knuthstraße in the district of Western Heights. It was built in 1883 according to plans by Alexander Wilhelm Prale. The congregation belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany. The church wing in question is one of the city's cultural monuments.
Sight 16: Det lille Teater
Det lille Teater Flensborg is a theatre stage of the Danish minority in Flensburg. Founded in 1966, the theatre is affiliated with the Danish Youth Association (SdU).
Sight 17: Dr. med. W. Mensinga
Wilhelm Peter Johannes Mensinga was a German physician and worldwide pioneer of birth control. The Mensinga diaphragm is named after him. Initially, he published under the pseudonym C. Hasse.
Sight 18: Flensburger Schifffahrtsmuseum
The Flensburg Maritime Museum is a branch of the Municipal Museum founded in 1979, which was inaugurated in 1984 in the former customs packing house on the Schiffbrücke as a highlight of the city's 700th anniversary celebrations; it offers an overview of Flensburg's seafaring tradition in addition to the city's history.
Sight 19: Museumswerft
The Flensburg Museum Shipyard was founded in 1996 at the port of Flensburg. Between 1996 and 2001 she moved several times. But since 2001 it has been back in its founding place. It exists as a non-profit limited liability company and is also supported by a support association.
Sight 20: Sankt Gertrud
The Church of St. Gertrud is an Evangelical Lutheran church in the Western Heights district of the city of Flensburg in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. St. Gertrude's Church is one of the city's cultural monuments.
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